O'Connor set for debut

The reduced squad of 22 players from which the Ireland team to play South Africa in the permanent tsb international in Lansdowne Road on November 13 is as follows:

Wasps flanker Johnny O’Connor has taken a massive step towards his Ireland debut by surviving the cull to remain in Eddie O’Sullivan’s squad to face South Africa.

Ireland take on the Springboks on November 13 and after an eye-catching start to the Zurich Premiership season, calls for O’Connor to be given his first cap have grown louder.